BLANK - You're Going to Need It! - Glad I Had Mine! MDo you have a spare tire in your trunk? If you do, and I hope so, do you know if it’s properly inflated? Do you have a jack to lift the car so the tire can be changed? How about a lug wrench to remove the bad wheel and install the good one? Have you ever changed a Read More
Presentation Tips
Successful Speakers Focus on The Audience
AudienceSuccessful Speakers Focus on The AUDIENCE! Speakers: It's not about you! It's all about your Audience! Successful Companies are Customer Centered. They focus on the Customer; the needs and challenges their customers have. They focus on meeting those needs and solving those challenges. That Read More
Slideshows Help Them SEE Your Message!
When Done Well: PowerPoint / Keynote Slide Slide Shows Help the Audience GET IT! SlideThere are three styles of learning. Auditory - Learn by hearing. Visual - Learn by seeing. Kinesthetic - Learn by doing. We use all three to different degrees. Nothing is good or bad. It is what it is. For speakers, if Read More
The Magic of the Rule of Three
Read It – Understand It – Use It!
Three has always been Magical! THREE • The Three Wise Men. • Three Strikes You're out! • Rock, Paper, Scissors. It is also one of the best techniques presenters can use for ensuring their audience GETS IT! Andrew Dlugan sums the Rule of Three up like this: “Using the Rule of Three allows you to express Read More
One Reason People have a Fear of Public Speaking is: “I Have Nothing to Speak About!”
Nonsense! Nonsense One of the main reasons people have a Fear of Public Speaking is they think they have nothing to say. They believe anything and everything that could ever be said on a subject has already been said - and probably, many many times! They imagine the audience will know more than they do about the Read More
Your PRESENTATION needs a MAKEOVER If. . .
When was Your Presentation last updated?You If it's been awhile - Keep reading! Doing a Presentation Makeover makes sense if: The Information You Want to Convey is Important. It should be Important! Important to the audience and Important to you! If it's not important, Why are you doing it? "The Read More
Fear of Public Speaking:
An Equal Opportunity Fear!
The "Fear of Public Speaking" doesn't care about your Age, Education, or Occupation. Fear Survey after survey lists it at top of the 'Fear List' most people have. Some say they would rather die than stand in front of an audience and deliver a speech. Unfortunately, it holds many people back from reaching their true Read More
Your Master Slide Deck: “Know when to
Show Them and when to Fold Them!
Every Audience Doesn't Need to See All your Slides. Master Deck Audiences have different wants and needs. Most presentations have time restraints. Not recognizing either of these can result in a less than stellar performance. A properly customized presentation connects better with audiences than a Read More
CBS Radio Interviews Speaker/Author Fred Miller
NewsRadio KMOX 1120 The Voice of St. Louis! Host Mark Reardon interviews speaker/author Fred Miller (me!) about my book, "No Sweat Public Speaking!" Mp3 With their famous 50,000 watt signal, KMOX is one of the top stations in the country. Mark Reardon, 30 year radio veteran, interviewed me about Public Speaking and my Read More
Slides: — — USE TEXT – as little as possible! PLEASE!
Text and Bullet Points Do Not reinforce the message! X Have you ever sat through a presentation where the speaker read, word for word, the bullet pointed text that was on the screen? Terrible, wasn't it? Why do speakers do this? If they want to use notes for their presentation, those details should be placed in the Read More